Amazon to open its 7th fulfillment center in Ontario, Canada with a 1 million square foot building in Toronto

Amazon’s EV order a shot at Tesla; India advances national logistics policy.

France, Germany float proposal that would increase USPS charges for handling foreign mail, keep US in UPU

In wake of poor q1 results and a massive decline in share price, questions arise as to whether FedEx’s issues are cyclical or structural

FedEx posts lousy fiscal q1 results but insists that the long-term outlook remains bright

FedEx passes on peak season surcharges but will hit the outsized stiff hard. Rates also to rise for 2020 services.

A. Duie Pyle extends service to the West Coast through partnership with Oak Harbor Freight

DP DHL open s innovation center for Americas, the third center in its global network

Tesla takes a page from Amazon in new logistics strategy for delivering vehicles. Union group uses customer as leverage to bash XPO

Amazon Air to begin flying at Dallas/Fort Worth regional hub next month

DHL Supply Chain partners with load-matching platform Convoy, becoming the first 3PL to do so

Amazon Air to operate 2 freighters full of relief supplies to Dorian survivors in The Bahamas

UPS to hire 100k employees for peak season, and will expand tuition reimbursement plan

Humans are helping e-tailers lower logistics costs; logistics newbies, meet the seasoned pros

The new e-commerce delivery paradigm poses legal risks that have not been thought through, noted attorney says

UPS embeds Foreign Trade Zone capabilities into its operations; designates 4 US airports as FTZs

Target tells its suppliers to forget about tariff-related price increases.

Old Dominion, ArcBest report sluggish monthly

Ware2Go unveils four DIY tools to make distribution center site selections more effective

USPS’ impending exit from Universal Postal Union could send international air parcel rates soaring

China has begun probe into charges FedEx handled restricted knives bound for Hong Kong

J.B. Hunt imposes peak season intermodal surcharge to recoup costs of returning empties

FedEx acquires Colombian freight forwarder, customs broker

Retailers of heavy goods like furniture face the same e-commerce delivery pressures as retailers shipping parcels, survey finds

Atlas Air and its pilots union continue take hard lines in wake of arbritrator’s award that a contract settlement be arbitrated

Arbritrator’s award denies Atlas Air’s pilots’ request to negotiate a contract and instead imposes an arbitrated settlement on both sides

FedEx Freight expands its last-mile delivery network to 19 US markets

The Navy decides to migrate and consolidate logistics technology to the Cloud. Japan’s air freight industry has China as a roadblock. New York struggles to manage truck congestion.

Union drivers, warehousemen employed by Starbucks distributor reject ultra-short contract

The summer doldrums were broken violently by an escalation in the U.S.-China trade war and tweets

Amazon, following a model in the U.S., will take an equity stake in Canadian cargo airlines Cargojet.

ATSG and Atlas Air continue to fight a contract battle with their pilots union as Amazon, which uses both airlines, watches closely with peak season approaching

XPO unit, class of drivers and helpers reach $5.5 million settlement to end three-year legal fight over job classification

Low vacancy rates in smaller industrial markets signal a broadening of expansion in logistics property cycle

A long-term strategy to maintain pricing discipline has propelled the once-damaged LTL sector to one of its best decades ever.

Two bond rating agencies downgrade UPS debt, urging caution in how it allocates free cash flows

UPS hires Pepsi executive as CFO in rare move going outside the company

USPS’ first quarterly decline in package volumes in 9 years throws up warning flares over lost business from its biggest customers

Atlanta is building Spaghetti Junction II. UK drug companies will take matters into their hands to get goods to market in no-deal Brexit; YRC consolidation is key to survival

If YRC Worldwide, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:YRCW) second-quarter results could talk, they would tell investors and shippers to give them the benefit of the doubt. But after a disappointing quarter, an equity […]

Trucks are omitted from a study analyzing congestion pricing options; YRC scraps satellite radio in cabs; FedEx drops Amazon in dollars-and-sense decision

FedEx, tired of jumping through hoops for Amazon.com at non-compensatory rates, cuts the ground-delivery cord with the e-tailer

Online customers expect to be spoiled and consistent delivery experiences are the core of meeting those needs, two surveys found

Deutsche Post DHL posts single-digit revenue, profit gains, lifts low end of full-year earnings view

After a nine-year absence, Japan Air Lines resumes scheduled air cargo service in deal with Kalitta Air Photo: Flickr/Bill Wilt)

Get ready for the goodies coming from federal transport spending legislation. Money for inland waterway network will be funds well spent.

XPO second-quarter results allays analyst concerns as it navigates through a tough top-line

Schneider’s move to shut final-mile unit leaves furniture retailers seeking last-mile delivery options

XPO Logistics posts flat second-quarter revenue, exceeds estimates on EPS, cash flow

Amazon.com wants all SMB business, and will not be shy in squeezing the SMBs to get it

US DOT awards $478 million in airport infrastructure grants to 232 airports in 43 states.

Ceva Logistics posts weak first-half results, pressured by economic weakness, subpar airfreight volumes and loss of big ocean contract

ArcBest posted flat to down second quarter results as a weak LTL macro environment and too much truckload capacity hit its two main units.

Furniture-makers may face long slog in adjusting to tariffs on Chinese imports; Autonomous freight trains to be tested

Industrial property demand remained tight in the second quarter but a surge of supply may moderate matters, Cushman & Wakefield report says

eBay to launch fulfillment, delivery service for high-volume US users

Amazon’s q2 shipping costs soar as costs of one-day delivery launch exceed estimates

Company’s best-in-class model will be tested as LTL conditions remain soft

Old Dominion posts record q2 results as cost management offsets weak demand

Mostly ignored in the B2C rush, small business in the B2B realm are getting a seat at the e-commerce table.

After years on the transport mat, next day air flies off as UPS volume surges

U.S. next day air volumes set the pace for UPS’ second-quarter results

UPS launches a slew of products in arguably its biggest one-day portfolio change in its history

Schneider wins award for security excellence, while US Xpress honored as carrier of the year by FedEx Ground

Alibaba re-arranges the US B2B e-commerce landscape by opening its platform to US sellers

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced today it will open two more fulfillment centers in Ohio, which will bring to 10 the number of locations that the e-tailer operates in the state. […]

USPS’ pension problems could cost it more than money. CO2 as a KPI for freight? CPG edible firms need to start going online

East Coast ports controlled nearly half of all US TEU traffic last year, JLL report says

A survey of 600 industrial buyers in three Asia-Pacific countries found that buyers rely as much on traditional forms of procurement channels as they do on e-commerce, and that so-called […]

Getting concert tours to where they need to go is a specialized gig

A platform was rolled out on Tuesday that automates the shipping process for auction houses and bidders of high end items

The available supply of US industrial property rose during the first half of 2019 for the first time since the end of 2010, according to CBRE

Good day, Businesses are setting aside huge sums to budget for unplanned supply chain issues, creating what Supply Chain Dive, in a recent article, called a new form of insurance […]

The good news is that Amazon will see massive volume surges on Prime Day. Now it has to deliver all of them in one day.

Amazon to retrain 1/3 of its workforce to meet challenges of securing high-skilled labor. Transport and logistics skills will also be elevated

Chris Lytle to retire from top job at Port of Oakland, leaving a 53-year legacy

Business-to-business commerce doesn’t get the attention of its business to consumer counterpart. But it is bigger and, in some ways, more advanced in e-commerce adoption, DHL Supply Chain survey says

Three-judge panel says lower court acted properly to block union pilots from slowing down Atlas Air’s operations during contract talks

YRC’s CEO hints at more changes to come after it announces closing of its New Penn HQ

New Penn Motor Express to close its Pennsylvania headquarters after 88 years.

Logistics has been the key to sustaining the 10-year economic recovery. Amazon is gaining strength in self-handling though not 48 percent. FedEx’s Smith pledges there are no “sacred cows” at the company

FedEx preaches patience and looking beyond FY2020’s results. It will be a tough sell.

Walmart to open more than 10 DCs in China in next 1-2 decades

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Airfreight volumes worldwide remained weak in May. However, there may be modestly brighter skies ahead in the second-half of 2019

Big industrial project slated for area south of Atlanta, but long development timeline means that region’s supply won’t be heavily affected

FMCSA head advises firms to get a move on in shift from AOBRD to ELD. Ford enters healthcare transport market; Indian-Americans make a lot of money

Ray Martinez said truck users will benefit from better data from CSA scores to make carrier selections i

The U.S. and China habve agreed to resume trade talks, a break in the nearly 2-month stalemate which has affected trade flows and spawned uncertainty among businesses

The American Trucking Associations will steer clear of the fight over longer-combination vehicles

FedEx, as expected, posts subpar fiscal 2018 fourth quarter, full-year results

Federal transport spending bill by Election Day? Forget it, former DOT secretary says

Transport honchos see better times in 2nd half–maybe

You may have to become a super-shipper of choice. Don’t underestimate Walmart

Few shippers understand the trucking business like Pepsi.

A wave of new logistics warehousing supply is unlikely to derail the increase in asking rents

Purchase, combination of 2 logistics firms broadens vendor consolidation, volume LTL footprint

Will UPS take a harder pricing line on Amazon now that FedEx is gone from the air express picture?

Texas makes mail and parcel theft a criminal offense, allowing local law enforcement to prosecute cases rather than turn them over to the Feds

Amazon to add 15 B737800 freighters through lease with GE’s Aircraft leasing unit